Black Skins, French Voices - Caribbean Ethnicity and Activism in Urban France

List of contents

1 FINDING CREOLE IDENTITIES IN MARTINIQUE AND PARIS, 2 WHAT IS THE PRICE OF FRENCHNESS?, 3 BETRAYED ANTILLES, BROKEN FRENCH PROMISES, 4 BOUDIN, RHUM, AND ZOUK\ PERFORMANCE AND CULTURAL CONFRONTATION, 5 CAN MAGIC FIX A BROKEN CULTURE?, 6 IN THIS WORLD, BUT NOT OF IT, 7 CONCLUSION: CREOLIZING FRANCE

About the author

David Beriss is assistant professor of Anthropology at the University of New Orleans. He has worked as an applied anthropologist in association with the US Senate, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the National Coalition for the Homeless.

Summary

Black Skins, French Voices is situated at the intersection of changing French ideas and policies regarding ethnic diversity and Antillean demands for recognition. It shows the creative and exciting struggles of Antilleans to remake French culture on their own terms.

Product details

• Authors: David Beriss, Beriss David
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9780367314675
• ISBN: 978-0-367-31467-5
• No. of pages: 180
• Series: Case Studies in Anthropology
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology